report_property - 2023.2 English

Vivado Design Suite Tcl Command Reference Guide (UG835)

Document ID

UG835

Release Date

2023-10-18

Version

2023.2 English

Report properties of object

Syntax

report_property [‑all] [‑class <arg>] [‑return_string] [‑file <arg>]
    [‑append] [‑regexp] [‑quiet] [‑verbose] [<object>] [<pattern>]

Returns

Property report

Usage

Name	Description
`[-all]`	Report all properties of object even if not set
`[-class]`	Object type to query for properties. Not valid with <object>
`[-return_string]`	Set the result of running report_property in the Tcl interpreter's result variable
`[-file]`	Filename to output result to. Send output to console if -file is not used
`[-append]`	Append the results to file, don't overwrite the results file
`[-regexp]`	Pattern is treated as a regular expression
`[-quiet]`	Ignore command errors
`[-verbose]`	Suspend message limits during command execution
`[<object>]`	Object to query for properties
`[<pattern>]`	Pattern to match properties against Default: *

Description

Gets the property name, property type, and property value for all of the properties on a specified object, or class of objects.

Note: list_property also returns a list of all properties on an object, but does not include the property type or value.

You can specify objects for report_property using the get_* series of commands to get a specific object. You can use the lindex command to return a specific object from a list of objects:

report_property [lindex [get_cells] 0]

However, if you are looking for the properties on a class of objects, you should use the -classoption instead of an actual object.

This command returns a report of properties on the object, or returns an error if it fails.

Arguments

-all - (Optional) Return all of the properties for an object, even if the property value is not currently defined.

-class <arg> - (Optional) Return the properties of the specified class instead of a specific object. The class argument is case sensitive, and most class names are lower case.

Note: -class cannot be used together with an <object>.

-return_string - (Optional) Directs the output to a Tcl string. The Tcl string can be captured by a variable definition and parsed or otherwise processed.

-file <arg> - (Optional) Write the report into the specified file. The specified file will be overwritten if one already exists, unless -append is also specified.

Note: If the path is not specified as part of the file name, the file will be written into the current working directory, or the directory from which the tool was launched.

-append - (Optional) Append the output of the command to the specified file rather than overwriting it.

Note: The -append option can only be used with the -file option.

-regexp - (Optional) Specifies that the search <patterns> are written as regular expressions. Xilinx™ regular expression Tcl commands are always anchored to the start of the search string. You can add ".*" to the beginning or end of a search string to widen the search to include a substring. See http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html for help with regular expression syntax.

-quiet - (Optional) Execute the command quietly, returning no messages from the command. The command also returns TCL_OK regardless of any errors encountered during execution.

Note: Any errors encountered on the command-line, while launching the command, will be returned. Only errors occurring inside the command will be trapped.

-verbose - (Optional) Temporarily override any message limits and return all messages from this command.

Note: Message limits can be defined with the set_msg_config command.

<object> - (Optional) A single object on which to report properties.

Note: If you specify multiple objects you will get an error.

<pattern> - (Optional) Match the available properties on the <object> or -class against the specified search pattern. The <pattern> applies to the property name, and only properties matching the specified pattern will be reported. The default pattern is the wildcard '*' which returns a list of all properties on the specified object.

Note: The search pattern is case sensitive, and most properties are UPPER case.

Examples

The following example returns all properties of the specified object:

report_property -all [get_cells cpuEngine]

The following example returns the properties of the specified class of objects, rather than an actual object:

report_property -class bel

The following example returns properties on the current hw_device that match the specified pattern, specified as a regular expression:

report_property [current_hw_device] -regexp .*PROG.*

To determine which properties are available for the different design objects supported by the tool, you can use multiple report_property commands in sequence. The following example returns all properties of the specified current objects:

report_property -all [current_project]
report_property -all [current_fileset]
report_property -all [current_design]
report_property -all [current_run]